Donna Joanne
03-04-2014, 08:18 PM
Hello to all my sisters and friends,
I have been absent for over 8 months, and have missed you all terribly. My recent experiences have made me much stronger. Due to some issues with my wife, my transition has been put on hold, and I once again had a dreaded PURGE. So here I am starting over again. Can I say I'm getting too old for this?
Now I have had to come to the realization that my transition may take much much longer than I'd like for it to. I am getting back into individual therapy, and have been told by my endocrinologist that he wants at least 6 months of therapy before he restarts my HRT. I can deal with this.
Just a little "why" I am doing this. My wife lost her mother to breast cancer last February and almost lost her dad to colon cancer in November. She has had her own emotional and psychological issues for over 10 years, and is legally blind as well. Her therapist and psychiatrist both agree she wouldn't be able to handle losing her husband now too ( I didn't tell them about my transitioning). So I will postpone (not stop) my transition until she is healthy enough to either accept me or function without me. And there is our youngest child of 12 to think of as well.
Of course during the purge, I deleted all my photos and threw away all my clothes, shoes, cosmetics, wigs, everything. But all of that can be replaced in time. You are the one thing I can never replace, my sisters and friends.
My biggest regret is that when I needed the support of my sisters and friends the most I cut off all contact with the people I needed most...YOU!
Keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I resume my journey. I have missed you.
Hugs,
Donna
I have been absent for over 8 months, and have missed you all terribly. My recent experiences have made me much stronger. Due to some issues with my wife, my transition has been put on hold, and I once again had a dreaded PURGE. So here I am starting over again. Can I say I'm getting too old for this?
Now I have had to come to the realization that my transition may take much much longer than I'd like for it to. I am getting back into individual therapy, and have been told by my endocrinologist that he wants at least 6 months of therapy before he restarts my HRT. I can deal with this.
Just a little "why" I am doing this. My wife lost her mother to breast cancer last February and almost lost her dad to colon cancer in November. She has had her own emotional and psychological issues for over 10 years, and is legally blind as well. Her therapist and psychiatrist both agree she wouldn't be able to handle losing her husband now too ( I didn't tell them about my transitioning). So I will postpone (not stop) my transition until she is healthy enough to either accept me or function without me. And there is our youngest child of 12 to think of as well.
Of course during the purge, I deleted all my photos and threw away all my clothes, shoes, cosmetics, wigs, everything. But all of that can be replaced in time. You are the one thing I can never replace, my sisters and friends.
My biggest regret is that when I needed the support of my sisters and friends the most I cut off all contact with the people I needed most...YOU!
Keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I resume my journey. I have missed you.
Hugs,
Donna